Grunge band Nirvana's former bassist is running for election as the clerk of a rural county. Krist Novoselic, pictured far right, wants to be clerk of Wahkiakum county in western Washington. Novoselic is head of his local chapter of the Grange, a civic organisation. His election paperwork declares he is running under the Grange banner, even though it is not a political party. He told The Daily World he is protesting about the state's system, which allows candidates to say which party they prefer. He says that is confusing for voters and lets candidates appropriate the names of private associations.